Coreelec/tidal-connect Hi-Res/MQA bad streaming to SPDIF out #72

looun · 2024-01-20T15:55:22Z

hello, after some trouble i have successful run docker tidal-connect on amlogic box(Ki pro) with Coreelec ;) ...very nice

When i playback the hi-fi(44.1k/16bit) track it's work fine SPDIF out to my external DAC loxjie D30, without any issues.
when i playback Hi-Res/MQA playback very bad with lot of noise,interruption.

I have force also:
--codec-mqa true
--enable-mqa-passthrough true

When i playback with kodi addon or Mconnect/UPnp there are not issues, but i prefer tidal-connect ;)
Thanks.

GioF71 · 2024-01-20T20:02:27Z

Hello, thank you for the kind words.
Maybe the onboard audio spdif does not support sampling rates higher than 48khz? Did you try connecting the dac via USB?

AFAIK mConnect does not support tidal hires (hires flac without mqa I mean) so in any case it would stream <= 48kHz, that might confirm the issue, because the Tidal Connect instead can do the first mqa unfolding which can result in an output sampling rate of 96kHz or 88.2kHz.

If you can connect the dac via usb, then execute

cat /proc/asound/cards

and maybe post the output here.
If the dac is recognized you could easily reconfigure tidal connect and we might check if the issue can be solved.
If you reconfigure tidal connect, remember to re-create the container, usually if the .env file changes, a simple

docker-compose up -d

is enough. You might want to force container recreation (just in case), you can do:

docker-compose up -d --force-recreate

Let me know, cheers

looun · 2024-01-21T11:05:53Z

With Mconnect and BubbleUPnP track Hi-Res/MQA work without issues using Coreelec using DLNA to SPDIF port, also FLCA test file 192Khz@24bit work .
kodi addon tidal2 work with Hi-Res/MQA to SPDIF port,but kodi web interface is very poor/low.
So onboard audio spdif support 192Khz@24bit.

With USB Hi-Res/MQA not work, TIDAL app on PC cast only HI-fi nott switch to MAX/MQA, and i try to find a solution for some forum user/friends that have only SPDIF DAC.

this mine step :
https://androidpremiumplayer.blogspot.com/2024/01/run-tidal-connectdocker-into-coreelecki.html.

I think is very nice to create a new tidal-connect docker for Coreleelec/libreelec with simple config file ,maybe can a start point to crate a new kodi music addon.

GioF71 · 2024-01-21T11:27:24Z

Uhm good to hear.
On tidal connect maybe the mqa decoding is loading the CPU too much. Can you try monitoring usage with htop or similar tools?

looun · 2024-01-22T08:36:56Z

very low CPU load
https://www.mediafire.com/file/29b828r25ltt14t/corelectidalnoise.mp4/file
Should not be MQA decoding, only passthrough without decoding.

GioF71 · 2024-01-22T15:54:51Z

That is very strange. Does it do the same when using both MQA parameters set to false?
Also maybe watch the format with a:

cat /proc/asound/*/pcm*p/sub*/hw_params

I have a Minix Neo U1 which I'd like to repurpose with some armbian distro. During the w/e I saw that Corelec guys dropped support for Neo 1 some time ago. Can you point me to a distro which might run on this device? It also has an optical spdif out so it would be nice to see if it can work.

looun · 2024-01-22T18:56:41Z

Ok i format and start again,now with USB tidal-connect docker and Hi-Res/MQA work :).

So with SPDIF port there is some bug or problem, analog/HMDI/SPDIF they share same card "0":

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: AMLMESONAUDIO [AML-MESONAUDIO], device 0: I2S T9015-audio-hifi-0 []
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: AMLMESONAUDIO [AML-MESONAUDIO], device 1: SPDIF dit-hifi-1 []
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: AMLMESONAUDIO [AML-MESONAUDIO], device 2: PCM pcm2bt-pcm-2 []
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: AUDIO [LOXJIE AUDIO], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

save issues MQA parameters false or true.

with Minix Neo U1 you can use legacy Generic https://github.com/CoreELEC/CoreELEC/releases/download/9.2.8/CoreELEC-Amlogic.arm-9.2.8-Generic.img.gz, for music or tidal-connect is equal.

I try many time ,but armbian not boot with mine Ki pro and i like more corelec there are lot for addon for music .

GioF71 · 2024-01-22T19:05:26Z

I believe probably we need to select the subdevice 1 "SPDIF". I will try and prepare a branch for you to test, probably in the next few days.

GioF71 · 2024-01-22T21:44:10Z

Would you please try this branch:
https://github.com/GioF71/tidal-connect/tree/72-coreelectidal-connect-hi-resmqa-bad-streaming-to-spdif-out

I have added support for CARD_DEVICE
Just add

CARD_DEVICE=1

or

CARD_DEVICE=2

to the .env file and recreate the container, let's see what happens.

looun · 2024-01-23T08:53:53Z

i do some test with this track https://tidal.com/browse/track/77649978, and i think che problem about 16 or 32 bit

playback track with kodi addon the sound is good and "format: S16_LE"

CoreELEC:~/bin # cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm1p/sub0/*
access: RW_INTERLEAVED
format: S16_LE
subformat: STD
channels: 2
rate: 44100 (44100/1)
period_size: 2048
buffer_size: 8192

playback track from pc to docker tidal-connect the sound is bad and "format: S32_LE"

CoreELEC:~/bin # cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm1p/sub0/*
access: RW_INTERLEAVED
format: S32_LE
subformat: STD
channels: 2
rate: 44100 (44100/1)
period_size: 2048
buffer_size: 10240

so i think docker send wrong bit format.

Not all MQA/Hi-res track wrong , some track playback fine like this https://tidal.com/browse/track/79530261
i have make play list https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/4437ff50-5233-4e2d-be7b-d558d6ef492b.

where is ".env" file ?!?

GioF71 · 2024-01-23T09:00:02Z

The .env file is created by the configure.sh file in the same tidal-connect directory. This can also be edited directly specifying the variables one needs to tune.
About the format: maybe the card only supports up to 24 bit, let's see if this can be specified in the asound.conf file that is generated by the entrypoint.sh file.

GioF71 · 2024-01-23T09:13:15Z

I assume you are changing directly the entrypoint.sh and/or the docker-compose file?

looun · 2024-01-23T10:51:55Z

SPDIF supporto only 24 bit, USB support 32 bit.

so i have test some local FLAC file at 192khz@24bit with coreelec and output is .

CoreELEC:~/bin # cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm1p/sub0/*
access: RW_INTERLEAVED
format: S16_LE

i think there are some problem/limitation about coreelec and S24_LE, so system output only 16 bit.
https://discourse.coreelec.org/t/audio-stutter-with-24-bit-192khz-stereo-flac/13627

I can force docker tidal-connect with S24_LE?

CoreELEC:~ not have asound.conf file

CoreELEC:~ # cat /etc/asound.conf
cat: can't open '/etc/asound.conf': No such file or directory

GioF71 · 2024-01-23T11:04:55Z

I have updated the same branch with support for card format.

git fetch
git checkout 72-coreelectidal-connect-hi-resmqa-bad-streaming-to-spdif-out
git pull

Example is my .env file for topping D10:

FRIENDLY_NAME=Kodi Living Pi4 D10
CARD_NAME=D10
#CARD_NAME=DAC
MQA_PASSTHROUGH=false
MQA_CODEC=false
CARD_DEVICE=0
CARD_FORMAT=S32_LE

The asound.conf file I am referring to is the one that is created inside the container on its startup, not the system-level asound.conf.
You can see how the file is created using the logs. From the repository directory use:

docker-compose logs

Let me know if this helps

looun · 2024-01-23T11:46:07Z

now setting CARD_FORMAT=S24_LE now bitstrteam i correct :) ,but wrong subdevice

CoreELEC:~/bin # cat /proc/asound/card?/pcm?p/sub?/hw_params
access: RW_INTERLEAVED
format: S24_LE
subformat: STD
channels: 2
rate: 48000 (48000/1)
period_size: 2048
buffer_size: 12288
closed
closed

SPDIF is "AML-MESONAUDIO: - (hw:0,1)"

i can force subdevice 1?

CARD_DEVICE=0.1 ?
CARD_DEVICE=0,1 ?

grazie

GioF71 · 2024-01-23T11:52:57Z

I think you should set

CARD_INDEX=0
CARD_DEVICE=1

Let me know!

looun · 2024-01-23T12:08:26Z

nope , 32 bit and wrong subdevice

CoreELEC:~/bin # cat /proc/asound/card?/pcm?p/sub?/hw_params
access: RW_INTERLEAVED
format: S32_LE
subformat: STD
channels: 2
rate: 48000 (48000/1)
period_size: 2048
buffer_size: 12288
closed
closed

GioF71 · 2024-01-23T13:01:20Z

From what I see you are probably not using the latest version from the branch. Anyway the changes are now in the main branch so I suggest you to start over.

Delete the repo:

cd ~
rm ~/tidal-connect -Rf

Clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/GioF71/tidal-connect.git

Enter the repo directory:

cd ~/tidal-connect

Create the .env file:

cat > .env << EOF
CARD_INDEX=1
CARD_DEVICE=1
CARD_FORMAT=S24_LE
EOF

Restart the container:

docker-compose up -d --force-recreate

Post the container logs:

docker-compose logs -f

GioF71 · 2024-01-23T13:05:27Z

I corrected an error in the post before, there was a meaningless:

S24_LE=S24_LE

instead of

CARD_FORMAT=S24_LE

looun · 2024-01-23T15:15:15Z

with .env file:

CARD_INDEX=0
CARD_DEVICE=1
CARD_FORMAT=S24_LE

docker logs

FRIENDLY_NAME=LOXJIE AUDIO
MODEL_NAME=Audio Streamer
MQA_CODEC=false
MQA_PASSTHROUGH=false
CARD_NAME=
CARD_INDEX=0
Specified CARD_INDEX=[0]
Set card_index=[0]
Creating sound configuration file (card_index=0)...
Sound configuration file created.
pcm.!default {
  type plug
  slave.pcm {
    type hw
    card 0
    device 1
    format S24_LE
  }
}
PLAYBACK_DEVICE=[default]
Starting Speaker Application in Background (TMUX)
Sleeping for a while (3 seconds)...
...
Could not find device: 'default'. Fallback to default device
Valid devices are: 'AML-MESONAUDIO: - (hw:0,0)' 'AML-MESONAUDIO: - (hw:0,1)' 'AML-MESONAUDIO: - (hw:0,2)' 'sysdefault' 
STARTED TidalConnect services.
[2024-01-23 15:01:32.881] [tisoc] [warning] [PlaybackControllerImpl.cpp:472] Illegal state:1
[2024-01-23 15:01:33.761] [tisoc] [warning] [logger.cpp:22] [audio_worker.cpp:321] Attempting to initialize a decoder without initial data!

but cat report S32_LE

CoreELEC:~/bin # cat /proc/asound/card?/pcm?p/sub?/hw_params
access: RW_INTERLEAVED
format: S32_LE
subformat: STD
channels: 2
rate: 96000 (96000/1)
period_size: 8192
buffer_size: 24576
closed
closed

playback sound was very good and DAC report MQA 192khz + red dot, so i suppose "work" :))

If was 16,24 o 32 bit ..it's a mistery...

GioF71 · 2024-01-23T17:23:03Z

Hello, good to hear it works.
Seeing that playback ends up happening in S32_LE format, I would change the .env file accordingly in order to avoid unnecessary conversions.
So I would do:

cd ~/tidal-connect
cat > .env << EOF
CARD_INDEX=0
CARD_DEVICE=1
CARD_FORMAT=S32_LE
EOF

And then restart container and see the logs!

GioF71 · 2024-01-23T17:26:21Z

I also see from the logs, that the 'default' device does not seem to be valid, see:

Could not find device: 'default'. Fallback to default device
Valid devices are: 'AML-MESONAUDIO: - (hw:0,0)' 'AML-MESONAUDIO: - (hw:0,1)' 'AML-MESONAUDIO: - (hw:0,2)' 'sysdefault'

So maybe instead of CARD_INDEX=0 you might also try

CARD_NAME=AMLMESONAUDIO

GioF71 · 2024-01-23T17:36:22Z

It also looks that it is playing through device 2, not 1

GioF71 · 2024-01-23T17:38:26Z

Ah, of course, before I suggested CARD_INDEX=1 while it should be CARD_INDEX=1 like you did. It is better to use the CARD_NAME if possible, so that the CARD_INDEX is retrieved at container start time

looun · 2024-01-24T14:14:51Z

with this not sound, tidal connect work there is only silence from speaker
`CARD_NAME=AML-MESONAUDIO`

with this
CARD_NAME=AMLMESONAUDIO
like above

Could not find device: 'default'. Fallback to default device
Valid devices are: 'AML-MESONAUDIO: - (hw:0,0)' 'AML-MESONAUDIO: - (hw:0,1)' 'AML-MESONAUDIO: - (hw:0,2)' 'sysdefault'

with this not sound, tidal connect work there is only silence from speaker

CARD_INDEX=0
CARD_DEVICE=1
CARD_FORMAT=S32_LE

only previus work
#72 (comment)

GioF71 · 2024-01-24T15:41:11Z

Hello, about using the card name, it is very strange that it does not work. If you want, please execute

ls -la /proc/asound/

so we can see the correct names.
Should you want to try again, post the logs, se we can see the actual device names when the script tries to find the corresponding card index.

About the configuration that works, it appears that the important thing is using S24_LE... considering that it seems that device 2 is actually playing, can you try with this variation of your working config:

CARD_INDEX=0
CARD_DEVICE=2
CARD_FORMAT=S24_LE

In any case it's good that is works for you :-)

GioF71 · 2024-01-24T16:09:13Z

I just made a few changes, to update just execute the following:

cd ~/tidal-connect
git pull

The changes make sure that the device declared in asound.conf is sysdefault. Also when using card names, the encountered (skipped) card names are displayed in the log so it should be easier to find the correct name.

Let me know if you want to try it!

looun · 2024-01-24T16:31:57Z

CARD_DEVICE=2 -> HMDI -> no sound

 aplay -L
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
sysdefault:CARD=AMLMESONAUDIO
    AML-MESONAUDIO,
    Default Audio Device
hdmi:CARD=AMLMESONAUDIO,DEV=0
    AML-MESONAUDIO,
    HDMI Audio Output

with

FRIENDLY_NAME=LOXJIE AUDIO
CARD_NAME=AMLMESONAUDIO
CARD_DEVICE=1
CARD_FORMAT=S24_LE

logs

FRIENDLY_NAME=LOXJIE AUDIO
MODEL_NAME=Audio Streamer
MQA_CODEC=false
MQA_PASSTHROUGH=false
CARD_NAME=AMLMESONAUDIO
CARD_INDEX=
Specified CARD_NAME=[AMLMESONAUDIO]
Found audio device [AMLMESONAUDIO] as index [0]
Creating sound configuration file (card_index=0)...
Sound configuration file created.
Audio device named [AMLMESONAUDIO] was not found!
pcm.!sysdefault {
  type plug
  slave.pcm {
    type hw
    card 0
    device 1
    format S24_LE
  }
}
Starting Speaker Application in Background (TMUX)
Sleeping for a while (3 seconds)...
Starting TIDAL Connect ...
....
Could not find device: 'sysdefault'. Fallback to default device
Valid devices are: 'AML-MESONAUDIO: - (hw:0,0)' 'AML-MESONAUDIO: - (hw:0,1)' 'AML-MESONAUDIO: - (hw:0,2)' 'default' 
STARTED TidalConnect services.

NOT work , no sound only silence

CoreELEC:~/bin # cat /proc/asound/card?/pcm?p/sub?/hw_params
access: RW_INTERLEAVED
format: S24_LE
subformat: STD
channels: 2
rate: 96000 (96000/1)
period_size: 8192
buffer_size: 24576
closed
closed

only format: S32_LE work

looun · 2024-01-24T16:44:36Z

FRIENDLY_NAME=LOXJIE AUDIO
CARD_INDEX=0
CARD_DEVICE=1
CARD_FORMAT=S24_LE

work ,but not sound from speaker

looun · 2024-01-24T19:28:24Z

nope, not sound

GioF71 · 2024-01-24T19:33:32Z

ok. So to revert to the previous repo state:

cd ~/tidal-connect
git reset --hard HEAD~1

Then use known working config and try

docker-compose up -d --force-recreate

GioF71 · 2024-01-24T19:34:21Z

Before reverting, can you post the logs of the configuration that used to work?

looun · 2024-01-25T12:22:00Z

now work again all ok: playback sound was very good and DAC report MQA 192khz + red dot

bash configure.sh -i 0 -d 1 -s S24_LE -f "LOXJIE AUDIO"

FRIENDLY_NAME=LOXJIE AUDIO
CARD_INDEX=0
CARD_NAME=NOT_SET
CARD_DEVICE=1
CARD_FORMAT=S24_LE

CoreELEC:~ # cat /proc/asound/card?/pcm?p/sub?/hw_params
access: RW_INTERLEAVED
format: S32_LE
subformat: STD
channels: 2
rate: 88200 (88200/1)
period_size: 8192
buffer_size: 24576
closed
closed

FRIENDLY_NAME=LOXJIE AUDIO
MODEL_NAME=Audio Streamer
MQA_CODEC=false
MQA_PASSTHROUGH=false
CARD_NAME=NOT_SET
CARD_INDEX=0
BEFORE
pcm.!default {
  type plug
  slave.pcm {
    type hw
    card 0
    device 1
    format S24_LE
  }
}

Specified CARD_INDEX=[0]
Set card_index=[0]
Creating sound configuration file (card_index=0)...
Sound configuration file created.
pcm.!default {
  type plug
  slave.pcm {
    type hw
    card 0
    device 1
    format S24_LE
  }
}

PLAYBACK_DEVICE=[default]
Starting Speaker Application in Background (TMUX)
Sleeping for a while (3 seconds)...
Starting TIDAL Connect ...
STARTING TidalConnect services, version: 1.1.3
....
ALSA lib pcm_direct.c:940:(snd1_pcm_direct_initialize_slave) slave plugin does not support mmap interleaved or mmap noninterleaved access

Valid devices are: 'AML-MESONAUDIO: - (hw:0,0)' 'AML-MESONAUDIO: - (hw:0,1)' 'AML-MESONAUDIO: - (hw:0,2)' 'sysdefault' 
[2024-01-25 12:12:52.891] [tisoc] [error] [WebsocketServer.hpp:69] [WebsocketServer Start Error] Invalid argument
STARTED TidalConnect services.
[2024-01-25 12:16:42.302] [tisoc] [warning] [PlaybackControllerImpl.cpp:472] Illegal state:1
[2024-01-25 12:16:43.175] [tisoc] [warning] [logger.cpp:22] [audio_worker.cpp:321] Attempting to initialize a decoder without initial data!

PS: every time i remove/delete docker

GioF71 · 2024-01-25T13:10:11Z

Happy to hear it works again.
I applied further changes to the repository, allowing custom asound.conf, etc.
It would be nice if you could try this updated version as well. To update, do the following:

git pull origin main
git checkout main

Or clone the repository completely it this does not work. Keep you working .env file safe of course.

In order to maintain you working version, I have set a tag for you working version, so in case the latest version should not work, you should be able to switch to that version using:

cd ~/tidal-connect
git fetch --all --tags
git checkout tags/last_working_issue_72 -b lw72

Or you can clone the directory at that tag using:

git clone --depth 1 --branch last_working_issue_72 https://github.com/GioF71/tidal-connect.git

looun · 2024-01-26T08:59:03Z

i try the brand and work: very good and DAC report MQA 192khz + red dot
remove: tidal-connect folder and docker

git clone --depth 1 --branch last_working_issue_72 https://github.com/GioF71/tidal-connect.git

bash configure.sh -i 0 -d 1 -s S24_LE -f "LOXJIE AUDIO"

FRIENDLY_NAME=LOXJIE AUDIO
MODEL_NAME=Audio Streamer
MQA_CODEC=false
MQA_PASSTHROUGH=false
CARD_NAME=NOT_SET
CARD_INDEX=0
Specified CARD_INDEX=[0]
Set card_index=[0]
Creating sound configuration file (card_index=0)...
Sound configuration file created.
pcm.!default {
  type plug
  slave.pcm {
    type hw
    card 0
    device 1
    format S24_LE
  }
}
PLAYBACK_DEVICE=[default]
Starting Speaker Application in Background (TMUX)
Sleeping for a while (3 seconds)...
Starting TIDAL Connect ...
STARTING TidalConnect services, version: 1.1.3
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.front
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.surround21
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.surround21
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.surround40
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.surround41
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.surround50
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.surround51
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.surround71
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.iec958
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.iec958
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.iec958
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.modem
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.modem
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.phoneline
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.phoneline
ALSA lib pcm_direct.c:940:(snd1_pcm_direct_initialize_slave) slave plugin does not support mmap interleaved or mmap noninterleaved access
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1064:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to initialize slave
ALSA lib pcm_params.c:2162:(snd1_pcm_hw_refine_slave) Slave PCM not usable
ALSA lib pcm_params.c:2162:(snd1_pcm_hw_refine_slave) Slave PCM not usable
ALSA lib pcm_params.c:2162:(snd1_pcm_hw_refine_slave) Slave PCM not usable
ALSA lib pcm_params.c:2162:(snd1_pcm_hw_refine_slave) Slave PCM not usable
Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server request channel
jack server is not running or cannot be started
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
Could not find device: 'default'. Fallback to default device
Valid devices are: 'AML-MESONAUDIO: - (hw:0,0)' 'AML-MESONAUDIO: - (hw:0,1)' 'AML-MESONAUDIO: - (hw:0,2)' 'sysdefault' 
STARTED TidalConnect services.
[2024-01-26 08:56:29.840] [tisoc] [warning] [PlaybackControllerImpl.cpp:472] Illegal state:1

CoreELEC:~/bin # cat /proc/asound/card?/pcm?p/sub?/hw_params
access: RW_INTERLEAVED
format: S32_LE
subformat: STD
channels: 2
rate: 88200 (88200/1)
period_size: 8192
buffer_size: 24576
closed
closed

GioF71 · 2024-01-26T09:11:00Z

Hello, I do not understand: you tried latest and worked, then reverted to the tag? Does everything work?

looun · 2024-01-26T10:07:15Z

first i have delete tidal-connect folder and docker.

than git the branc(i suppose) with command
git clone --depth 1 --branch last_working_issue_72 https://github.com/GioF71/tidal-connect.git

GioF71 · 2024-01-26T10:12:20Z

ok but that is the tag that preserves the versionthat we know works for you.
Can you try by cloning the latest version? just:

git clone https://github.com/GioF71/tidal-connect.git

It this also works we can mark this as solved and I can remove the tag! Thank you!

looun · 2024-01-26T13:32:25Z

git clone https://github.com/GioF71/tidal-connect.git

i have done it

GioF71 · 2024-01-26T15:12:29Z

I suppose it's working as well? :-)

looun · 2024-01-26T16:49:47Z

yes ,very good and DAC report MQA 192khz + red dot.

PS: do you can be foce TIDAL MAX? with right Device Type.

GioF71 · 2024-01-26T19:37:32Z

As far as I know this app does not work with tidal max (so hires flac).
But you can try BubbleUpnp on your phone, and install mpd/upmpdcli on your machine, that should work fine. But of course it won't be Tidal Connect. But BubbleUPnP handle Tidal very well, especially if you can use a tablet it's very usable

looun · 2024-01-27T08:33:28Z

do you have try coreelec on Minix Neo U1 ? and tidal-connect .

GioF71 · 2024-01-27T10:28:29Z

Not yet, maybe during the weekend. Isn't that legacy version of coreelec too old? Which version of Kodi is included? Thank you

GioF71 · 2024-01-27T17:18:51Z

Hello, I have successfully installed armbian in my Neo U1. Quite a slow device at least for i/o operations on the sd card, but it works

GioF71 · 2024-01-29T10:08:31Z

Audio quality with Tidal Connect is bad with Minix Neo U1 on recent armbian. That's because of an emulation issue, probably related to the old cpu (it's a wild guess I know).
If tidal-connect is running, it ruins audio quality also for other players (squeezelite, mpd, librespot) which instead work very well with onboard audio.
It that legacy coreelec version 32 bit instead?

looun · 2024-01-29T11:05:40Z

i don't now. I think CoreELEC is 32-bit userspace on top of a 64-bit kernel.

you can try it's very esay

install os on SD
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XuladbMJQbu-vMML6Jr2Ycu5_6V4n0lu/view
Download the following remote.zip, extract remote.conf and copy this onto the root of the CoreELEC SD Card:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MlycqgHGIMiRipoXTYjRRDLOS-wKQz50/view?usp=sharing

GioF71 · 2024-01-29T11:10:42Z

Hello, that pdf is not current, if I do the same things I get to this github release page: https://github.com/CoreELEC/CoreELEC/releases/tag/9.2.8

Which version should I use?

Edit: this answer suggests CoreELEC-Amlogic.arm-9.2.8.tar

looun · 2024-01-29T11:36:24Z

yes, right.

GioF71 · 2024-01-29T19:15:00Z

Hello, I could use that legacy version of CoreELEC on my box and also could make Tidal Connect work. Librespot as well, and also SqueezeLite but only max 16bit. Kodi works beautifully even in 4k, I don't know if it can play 4k streams successfully though, I will test it.
Not the most pleasant experience because audio support is limited. The virtual fs /proc/asound is incomplete, lots of packages are missing...
I fully understood your difficulties with Tidal Connect and why you opened the issue!

LibreELEC (latest version) also worked, but Kodi wouldn't work in 4k as well as CoreELEC did. Also no way to run Tidal Connect, the container just hangs. Didn't take much time to try and configure the other containers I use considering how bad Kodi was.
Worst of the three for my objectives.

With Armbian (bookworm), all the audio containers work up to 24/192, except for Tidal Connect which only apparently works, but has issues with emulation which result in bad audio quality all-around. With Tidal Connect turned off everything works perfectly audio-wise. Kodi is software only so awfully slow.

I believe Armbian solution, when CoreELEC becomes too old for the bundled kodi version, might be the endgame for this box. At least as a audio-only player, it can do something good.

looun · 2024-01-30T14:27:53Z

CoreELEC is more optimized for amlogic box.

with CoreELEC i suggest you also to try TIDAL 2 addon + d Add-on Artist Slideshow on MQ9/8 skin...very very beautiful interface.

GioF71 · 2024-01-30T15:10:05Z

Hello, how did you install inputstream.ffmpegdirect in coreelec?

looun · 2024-01-30T16:20:07Z

some addon need mandatory other to work.
inputstream.ffmpegdirect is for playback stream video and audio from web.

GioF71 · 2024-01-30T18:12:20Z

Tried it... it works @192KHz.
No gapless support though

GioF71 · 2024-02-24T12:07:32Z

Hello @looun, can we close this ticket? If there are outstanding issue, you can open another.
Thank you

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